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Reflecting on all the difficulties which surround the question , I came some time
ago to the conclusion that the best prospect of uniting Irishmen in a demand for
home government , was to propose a Federal Union between the two countries .
Reflecting on all the difficulties which surround the question , I came some time
ago to the conclusion that the best prospect of uniting Irishmen in a demand for
home government , was to propose a Federal Union between the two countries .
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Public matters were not then in a condition to justify any public agitation of the
question , while attention was concentrated on the progress of legislation on the
two great questions of the Church and the Land . I had , however , opportunities
in ...
Public matters were not then in a condition to justify any public agitation of the
question , while attention was concentrated on the progress of legislation on the
two great questions of the Church and the Land . I had , however , opportunities
in ...
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In the very beginning of these pages I point to the difficulties which surround any
private individual who offers on a great public question a detailed plan . I cannot ,
however , too strongly say that while in the general principles of a Federal ...
In the very beginning of these pages I point to the difficulties which surround any
private individual who offers on a great public question a detailed plan . I cannot ,
however , too strongly say that while in the general principles of a Federal ...
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Lord Brougham deeply lamented the change , and observed that all the great
questions of liberal progress in his day , including the abolition of slavery ,
Catholic emancipation , and even the reform bill , had been really carried by the
incidental ...
Lord Brougham deeply lamented the change , and observed that all the great
questions of liberal progress in his day , including the abolition of slavery ,
Catholic emancipation , and even the reform bill , had been really carried by the
incidental ...
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... her heart . No one can say how soon that time may come . I will be content if in
the interim I have contributed ever so slightly to direct the dispassionate and
deliberate consideration of Irishmen to the great practical question which they
must 13.
... her heart . No one can say how soon that time may come . I will be content if in
the interim I have contributed ever so slightly to direct the dispassionate and
deliberate consideration of Irishmen to the great practical question which they
must 13.
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Page 106 - From that moment, as by a charm, the tumults subsided ; obedience was restored ; peace, order, and civilization, followed in the train of liberty. When the day-star of the English constitution had arisen in their hearts, all was harmony within and without — Simul alba nautis, Stella refulsit, Defluit saxis agitatus humor ; Concidunt venti, fugiuntque nubes, Et minax (quod sic voluere) ponto Unda recumbit.
Page 100 - ... they were brought to such wretchedness as that any stony heart would have rued the same. Out of every corner of the woods and glens they came creeping forth upon their hands, for their legs could not bear them ; they looked like anatomies of death ; they spake like ghosts crying out of their graves...
Page 71 - Marry so there have been divers good plots devised, and wise counsels cast already about reformation of that realm : but they say, it is the fatal destiny of that land, that no purposes whatsoever which are meant for her good, will prosper or take good effect...
Page 100 - ... after, insomuch as the very carcasses they spared not to scrape out of their graves ; and if they found a plot of watercresses or shamrocks, there they flocked as to a feast for the time, yet not able long to continue therewithal; that in short space there were none almost left, and a most populous and plentiful country suddenly left void of man and beast...
Page 71 - He reserveth her in this unquiet state still, for some secret scourge, which shall by her come unto England, it is hard to be known, but yet much to be feared.
Page 100 - ... yet thus being kept from manurance and their cattle from running abroad, by this hard restraint they would quickly consume themselves, and devour one another.
Page 100 - Munster; for, notwithstanding that the same was a most rich and plentiful country, full of corn and cattle, that you would have thought they should have been able to stand long, yet ere one year and a half they were brought to such wretchedness, as that any stony heart would have rued the same. Out of every corner of the woods and...
Page 20 - Imperial expenditure: to leave to an Imperial Parliament the power of dealing with all questions affecting the Imperial Crown and Government, legislation regarding the Colonies and other dependencies of the Crown, the relations of the United Empire with Foreign States, and all matters appertaining to the defence and stability of the Empire at large; to attain such an adjustment of the relations between the two countries, without any interference with the prerogatives of the Crown, or any disturbance...
Page 20 - Ireland, while leaving to the imperial parliament the power of dealing with all questions affecting the imperial crown and government, legislation regarding the colonies and other dependencies of the crown, the...
Page 20 - To obtain for our country the right and privilege of managing our own affairs, by a parliament assembled in Ireland, composed of her Majesty the sovereign, and her successors, and the Lords and Commons of Ireland ; To secure for that parliament, under a federal arrangement, the right of legislating for and regulating all matters relating to the internal affairs of Ireland, and control...
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| Title | Home Government for Ireland: Irish Federalism! Its Meaning, Its Objects, and Its Hopes |
| Author | Isaac Butt |
| Edition | 3 |
| Publisher | J. Falconer, 1871 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 8 Sep 2005 |
| Length | 116 pages |
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